Des cheffes orchestrent le travail. Un regard sociomusicologique

Abstract

Professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University, Hyacinthe Ravet has followed paths that have led her to sociology, musicology and music. Here, she explains the specificities of a socio-musicological approach, illustrating how it influenced the construction of her research topic about orchestral work seen through a gendered lens, as well as the methodology she used. Her doctoral dissertation was centered on women musicians, and she currently works on female conductors. In this interview, Hyacinthe Ravet exposes how women have come to this profession, considered as particularly masculine, and the social mechanisms that lead to its low feminization. She also talks about the orchestral work in which conductors and musicians participate. The analysis of the practices of conducting and interpreting the music enables to unearth the way music is done and made, as well as processes of “shared creativity.”

Keywords

• musicology
• gender
• artistic professions
• work
• musical creation
• sociology.